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Jun 29 15:00:02 tchung	Fedora Ambassadors Meeting 2006-06-29 come to order
Jun 29 15:00:24 tchung	As a reminder, please follow our meeting protocol.
Jun 29 15:00:48 tchung	Raise your hand with "!" and I'll give you the floor with ">" sign
Jun 29 15:00:59 tchung	Let's call roll.
Jun 29 15:01:01 MrTomLapy	ThomasCanniot
Jun 29 15:01:03 tchung	ThomasChung
Jun 29 15:01:04 kital	JoergSimon
Jun 29 15:01:06 [splinux]	DamienDurand
Jun 29 15:01:10 McGiwer	PawelSadowski
Jun 29 15:01:12 KarlieRobinson	KarlieRobinson
Jun 29 15:01:17 fabian_a	FabianAffolter
Jun 29 15:01:38 tchung	I guess that's it.
Jun 29 15:01:45 MrTomLapy	!
Jun 29 15:01:50 tchung	> MrTomLapy 
Jun 29 15:01:53 MrTomLapy	Alex's missong ?
Jun 29 15:02:01 tchung	I was about to say that.
Jun 29 15:02:10 tchung	Please note AlexMaier won't be joining with us today since
Jun 29 15:02:17 tchung	she is currently away from the office working at the
Jun 29 15:02:23 tchung	C3 Expo in New York this week, returning Friday, June 30th.
Jun 29 15:02:33 tchung	Now everyone please open http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
Jun 29 15:03:09 tchung	First agenda from our schedule - FAMSco Update
Jun 29 15:03:18 tchung	Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee had our scheduled meeting last Monday.
Jun 29 15:03:24 tchung	Meeting Summary can be found at:
Jun 29 15:03:29 tchung	http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2006-06-26
Jun 29 15:03:38 tchung	Here is a highlight of the meeting:
Jun 29 15:03:43 tchung	Budget - MaxSpevack
Jun 29 15:03:49 tchung	"I am in the midst of doing a full audit of *all* Fedora budget with the Red Hat finance folks"
Jun 29 15:03:51 *	GeroldKa (n=Gerold@fedora/geroldka) has joined #fedora-mktg
Jun 29 15:04:01 tchung	Member Services - ThomasChung
Jun 29 15:04:09 tchung	"As of 2006-06-26, we have 92 *approved* members and we have 3 more new members since last report."
Jun 29 15:04:15 tchung	Schwag - MaxSpevack
Jun 29 15:04:19 GeroldKa	hope not to late today :-(
Jun 29 15:04:36 tchung	Hi GeroldKa, our meeting is already in progress.
Jun 29 15:04:45 tchung	"We received a response from Brandfuel our CoolStuff Store vendor,
Jun 29 15:04:51 tchung	basically their response to the international shipping costs was
Jun 29 15:05:00 tchung	'we know it's high, we feel your pain, but there's nothing we can do'
Jun 29 15:05:05 tchung	so this makes Jack's event kit initiative even more important"
Jun 29 15:05:22 tchung	Please note, I'm simply copy and paste from my note. :)
Jun 29 15:05:25 MrTomLapy	!
Jun 29 15:05:28 tchung	> McGiwer 
Jun 29 15:05:31 tchung	> MrTomLapy 
Jun 29 15:05:51 MrTomLapy	That's a shame, but that's only my point of view i'm copying from my mind :)
Jun 29 15:06:00 MrTomLapy	eof
Jun 29 15:06:16 tchung	continuing.
Jun 29 15:06:25 McGiwer	!
Jun 29 15:06:33 tchung	> McGiwer 
Jun 29 15:06:51 McGiwer	i only want to say that MateuszHalaba apologises he can't participate the meeting - he was very tired :>
Jun 29 15:06:54 McGiwer	eof
Jun 29 15:07:07 tchung	thank you. continuing..
Jun 29 15:07:24 tchung	Next agenda  - Project Reports
Jun 29 15:07:36 tchung	FreeMedia Report:
Jun 29 15:07:44 tchung	For Month of June, we fulfilled 97 out of 102 free media requests.
Jun 29 15:07:52 tchung	Many thanks to contributors including RyanCloke and KarlieRobinson.
Jun 29 15:07:58 tchung	The request form will be opened again this weekend for Month of July.
Jun 29 15:08:09 tchung	OpenVideo Contest Report:
Jun 29 15:08:16 tchung	As you know the contest is officially launched last week.
Jun 29 15:08:22 tchung	The press release was announced on various Linux news sites including
Jun 29 15:08:28 tchung	DistroWatch Weekly, NewsForge, LinuxPR, LXer and of course FedoraNEWS
Jun 29 15:08:35 tchung	However, we still have not received any *legitimate* submission yet.
Jun 29 15:08:41 tchung	So, we're considering extending deadlines another month or so.
Jun 29 15:08:48 tchung	Presentation Report:
Jun 29 15:08:48 MrTomLapy	!
Jun 29 15:08:52 tchung	> MrTomLapy 
Jun 29 15:09:04 MrTomLapy	what do you mean by *legitimate* ?
Jun 29 15:09:29 tchung	All of submission receiveds contains no video.
Jun 29 15:09:39 tchung	only their name and address.
Jun 29 15:09:56 MrTomLapy	ok eof
Jun 29 15:10:08 tchung	continuing..
Jun 29 15:10:13 tchung	Presentation Report:
Jun 29 15:10:17 tchung	RahulSundaram not present
Jun 29 15:10:36 tchung	Next agenda - Review upcoming events for three months.
Jun 29 15:10:49 tchung	Please open http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
Jun 29 15:11:03 tchung	First event.
Jun 29 15:11:26 tchung	June 23-30, 2006 Fedora, Friends and Fun Virginia Beach, VA USA
Jun 29 15:11:43 tchung	Please note this event is in progress.
Jun 29 15:11:49 tchung	next event
Jun 29 15:12:01 ChitleshGoorah	im present too
Jun 29 15:12:07 ChitleshGoorah	ChitleshGoorah
Jun 29 15:12:12 tchung	July 22-23, 2006 LUGRadio Live! 2006 Wolverhampton, UK
Jun 29 15:12:14 [splinux]	Welcome, next
Jun 29 15:12:30 tchung	Is JonFautley present here?
Jun 29 15:12:44 [splinux]	not present
Jun 29 15:12:54 tchung	thank you. continuing..
Jun 29 15:13:11 tchung	July 24-28, 2006 OSCON 2006 Portland, OR, USA
Jun 29 15:13:21 tchung	Is RichardTuttle present here?
Jun 29 15:13:38 [splinux]	not present, move on
Jun 29 15:13:42 tchung	Aug, 5, 2006 My First Mauritian LUG Meeting  Port-Louis, Mauritius
Jun 29 15:13:50 tchung	> ChitleshGoorah 
Jun 29 15:14:14 ChitleshGoorah	hello
Jun 29 15:14:19 tchung	It's your event
Jun 29 15:14:37 ChitleshGoorah	well everything was told in the mailing list
Jun 29 15:14:43 ChitleshGoorah	and you are up to date
Jun 29 15:14:56 ChitleshGoorah	but im planning to distribute qemu images
Jun 29 15:15:06 ChitleshGoorah	as well of fedora core 6 test 1 and FC5
Jun 29 15:15:14 ChitleshGoorah	for the non rpm guys
Jun 29 15:15:36 ChitleshGoorah	during the mauritian lug (irc) meeting they curse rpm and yum
Jun 29 15:15:57 ChitleshGoorah	knowing the fact that yum in fc6t1 has many new features
Jun 29 15:16:29 ChitleshGoorah	having them test fc6t1 qemu eimages will at least change their minds
Jun 29 15:16:41 [splinux]	!
Jun 29 15:16:42 ChitleshGoorah	that's it
Jun 29 15:16:47 ChitleshGoorah	yes [splinux]
Jun 29 15:16:52 tchung	> [splinux] 
Jun 29 15:17:23 [splinux]	About an event, Chitles talk to me about a futur vfudcon, Chitles could you creat a wiki page about this? Thanks in advance
Jun 29 15:17:32 [splinux]	eof
Jun 29 15:17:45 ChitleshGoorah	[splinux]: the vfudcon event is something else
Jun 29 15:18:16 ChitleshGoorah	i need to write it to the mailing list soon and describe in details what i want to achieve :)
Jun 29 15:18:28 ChitleshGoorah	tchung: you have the floor
Jun 29 15:18:37 tchung	thank you. continuing..
Jun 29 15:18:51 tchung	Aug, 14-17, 2006 LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006 San Francisco, CA, USA
Jun 29 15:19:00 tchung	Is JackAboutboul present here?
Jun 29 15:19:25 tchung	continuing..
Jun 29 15:19:40 tchung	Regarding FUDCon San Fransciso..
Jun 29 15:19:59 tchung	Please note we still have not decided when we'll have one.
Jun 29 15:20:19 tchung	Max is heading up-coming FUDCon
Jun 29 15:20:23 tchung	next event.
Jun 29 15:20:25 MrTomLapy	!
Jun 29 15:20:29 tchung	> MrTomLapy 
Jun 29 15:20:40 MrTomLapy	do yuo know if there will ever be a FUDCon in Europe ?
Jun 29 15:20:48 [splinux]	!
Jun 29 15:20:53 ChitleshGoorah	!
Jun 29 15:20:54 tchung	> [splinux] 
Jun 29 15:21:33 [splinux]	ChitleshGoorah will organise this in Strasboug in october
Jun 29 15:21:40 ChitleshGoorah	!
Jun 29 15:21:41 [splinux]	i supose :)
Jun 29 15:21:43 [splinux]	eof
Jun 29 15:21:43 tchung	> ChitleshGoorah 
Jun 29 15:22:06 ChitleshGoorah	well, there is a Open Source day in Strasbourg , France
Jun 29 15:22:25 ChitleshGoorah	once im back from holidays, ill try to orgnise a FUDCon
Jun 29 15:22:31 ChitleshGoorah	i will TRY
Jun 29 15:23:03 ChitleshGoorah	i know ill have support from MrTomLapy, [splinux], GeroldKa and other german ambassadors :)
Jun 29 15:23:15 ChitleshGoorah	tchung: you have the floor
Jun 29 15:23:21 tchung	thank you.
Jun 29 15:23:35 tchung	for the record, FAMSco is planning to have another FUDCon in Brazil as well.
Jun 29 15:23:39 tchung	continuing..
Jun 29 15:23:59 tchung	Aug 24-26, 2006   III Festival Software Livre da Bahia  Lauro de Freitas, BA, Brazil
Jun 29 15:24:10 tchung	HugoCisneiros? OthonBatista?
Jun 29 15:24:30 [splinux]	not here...
Jun 29 15:24:32 tchung	Sept, 2006 Linux Day Ilza, Poland
Jun 29 15:24:37 tchung	PawelSadowski ?
Jun 29 15:25:01 tchung	 Sept, 21-22, 2006 OpenExpo 2006   Zurich, Switzerland 
Jun 29 15:25:09 tchung	FabianAffolter ?
Jun 29 15:25:19 fabian_a	hello
Jun 29 15:25:24 tchung	> fabian_a 
Jun 29 15:25:45 tchung	any report for us?
Jun 29 15:26:08 McGiwer	!
Jun 29 15:26:16 tchung	> McGiwer 
Jun 29 15:26:18 fabian_a	a few minutes ago i spoke with GeroldKa about that
Jun 29 15:26:36 McGiwer	can i say someting about Linux Day yet?
Jun 29 15:26:49 fabian_a	maybe he is still here and can tell you the newst facts
Jun 29 15:26:52 tchung	wait for next McGiwer 
Jun 29 15:26:57 McGiwer	ok
Jun 29 15:27:18 fabian_a	red hat will take this event as far as i know
Jun 29 15:27:45 tchung	fabian_a, eof?
Jun 29 15:27:50 fabian_a	eof
Jun 29 15:28:01 McGiwer	!
Jun 29 15:28:04 tchung	McGiwer, your turn on LinuxDay
Jun 29 15:28:09 McGiwer	ok, thx
Jun 29 15:28:21 McGiwer	i'm planning to organize it with my one or two friends
Jun 29 15:28:35 McGiwer	one, as i think will maybe say something about gentoo or ubuntu
Jun 29 15:28:51 McGiwer	and maybe he will have CDs with ubuntu to give away
Jun 29 15:28:57 McGiwer	i will have DVDs with FC
Jun 29 15:29:10 McGiwer	it will be for the school community
Jun 29 15:29:43 McGiwer	to give them an opportunity of seeing that there is something more than M$
Jun 29 15:29:44 McGiwer	eof
Jun 29 15:29:48 McGiwer	:>
Jun 29 15:29:50 tchung	thank you McGiwer 
Jun 29 15:29:57 tchung	continuing...
Jun 29 15:30:10 tchung	 Sept, 23, 2006  Cincinnati LUG  Cincinnati, OH, USA
Jun 29 15:30:28 tchung	Sept,30, 2006   Ohio LinuxFest  Columbus, OH, USA
Jun 29 15:30:36 tchung	PatrickMcKelvey present here?
Jun 29 15:30:53 tchung	Ok. that's it for Fedora Events
Jun 29 15:31:06 tchung	Back to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
Jun 29 15:31:12 tchung	next agenda
Jun 29 15:31:21 tchung	Schwag pipeline and a Standard Ambassadors Survival Kit
Jun 29 15:31:28 tchung	GregDeKoenigsberg not present
Jun 29 15:31:36 tchung	or is he?
Jun 29 15:31:58 tchung	next item
Jun 29 15:31:58 MrTomLapy	gregdek: ping ?
Jun 29 15:32:08 [splinux]	away?
Jun 29 15:32:11 [splinux]	!
Jun 29 15:32:20 tchung	probably. :)
Jun 29 15:32:31 tchung	Ok. last item for today.
Jun 29 15:32:36 [splinux]	!
Jun 29 15:32:41 tchung	> [splinux] 
Jun 29 15:33:04 [splinux]	do you know the time for obtain fedora dvd/clothes?  I can organise an envent during 4 - 8 Jully but without media...
Jun 29 15:33:51 tchung	sorry [splinux], I have any information where we stand for table cloth at this point
Jun 29 15:33:59 tchung	s/any/no
Jun 29 15:34:11 [splinux]	thanks eof
Jun 29 15:34:12 tchung	continuing...
Jun 29 15:34:13 MrTomLapy	!
Jun 29 15:34:14 [splinux]	move on
Jun 29 15:34:19 tchung	> MrTomLapy 
Jun 29 15:34:23 MrTomLapy	no sorry i'll wait for the end
Jun 29 15:34:30 tchung	ok then.
Jun 29 15:34:31 MrTomLapy	i thought you had finished
Jun 29 15:34:44 tchung	Fedora Event Kit - MaxSpevack (w/ JackAboutboul )
Jun 29 15:34:58 tchung	Max would like to to remind you..
Jun 29 15:35:11 tchung	that we need to read the message send out by Jack.
Jun 29 15:35:17 tchung	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2006-June/msg00097.html
Jun 29 15:35:47 tchung	and give any feedback you have.  He's stressing this is *very* important
Jun 29 15:36:00 tchung	OK. that's it for todays agenda.
Jun 29 15:36:18 tchung	Any question or issue before we wrap up the meeting?
Jun 29 15:36:20 MrTomLapy	!
Jun 29 15:36:23 tchung	> MrTomLapy 
Jun 29 15:36:38 MrTomLapy	I have several things to add about the Open Video Contest
Jun 29 15:36:47 MrTomLapy	and the Brandful answer
Jun 29 15:37:15 tchung	MrTomLapy, I suggest to send an email to famsco-list
Jun 29 15:37:28 MrTomLapy	as you wish
Jun 29 15:37:29 tchung	for your feedback.
Jun 29 15:37:42 tchung	any other question or issue?
Jun 29 15:37:46 tchung	5
Jun 29 15:37:48 tchung	4
Jun 29 15:37:49 tchung	3
Jun 29 15:37:49 [splinux]	!
Jun 29 15:37:52 tchung	> [splinux] 
Jun 29 15:38:48 [splinux]	i spoke with mrtom, It's good for us. I'll create a wiki page for counting contributors behind the fedora projet
Jun 29 15:38:59 ChitleshGoorah	!
Jun 29 15:39:07 [splinux]	like http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWorldWide
Jun 29 15:39:21 tchung	[splinux], eof?
Jun 29 15:39:35 [splinux]	yes, eof
Jun 29 15:39:36 tchung	> ChitleshGoorah 
Jun 29 15:40:02 ChitleshGoorah	we already have a frappr for ambassadors, fedora users and dev
Jun 29 15:40:18 [splinux]	!
Jun 29 15:40:22 ChitleshGoorah	and [splinux] is right here, no for counting
Jun 29 15:40:37 ChitleshGoorah	but to know who is working on fedora next to us
Jun 29 15:40:48 ChitleshGoorah	like frederik hornain said before on the list
Jun 29 15:41:08 ChitleshGoorah	that's was what i talked before with [splinux] on the next vfudcon
Jun 29 15:41:22 ChitleshGoorah	unfortunately didn't have time to expand this idea
Jun 29 15:41:28 ChitleshGoorah	[splinux]: you have the floor
Jun 29 15:41:31 tchung	> [splinux] 
Jun 29 15:41:46 [splinux]	I think, a wiki page is great, exemple with this, you can obtain email address in the easy way and more...
Jun 29 15:41:55 [splinux]	eof
Jun 29 15:42:01 ChitleshGoorah	!
Jun 29 15:42:06 tchung	> ChitleshGoorah 
Jun 29 15:42:32 ChitleshGoorah	hence we have to define who will write to "that" page
Jun 29 15:42:39 ChitleshGoorah	fedora ambassadors ?
Jun 29 15:43:05 McGiwer	!
Jun 29 15:43:10 ChitleshGoorah	or themselves to encourage them to join in any fedora projects in a quicker way :)
Jun 29 15:43:14 ChitleshGoorah	eof
Jun 29 15:43:17 tchung	Ok, I think we should move our conversation on this subject to the list.
Jun 29 15:43:25 tchung	Let's wrap it up.
Jun 29 15:43:28 ChitleshGoorah	+1
Jun 29 15:43:32 McGiwer	ok :>
Jun 29 15:43:34 [splinux]	+1
Jun 29 15:43:41 McGiwer	+1
Jun 29 15:43:42 tchung	Alright then.
Jun 29 15:43:52 *	gregdek reads back to what he missed.  :)
Jun 29 15:43:57 tchung	Our Fedora Ambassadors Meeting 2006-06-29 is now offically adjourned!

